Paisley woman "honoured" to be nominated in nurse of the year awards

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A nurse from Paisley has been nominated for a major national award recognising the best in the business.Linda Mayberry is in the running for the adult nursing award at the inaugural Royal College of Nursing Scotland (RCN) nurse of the year awards.The 54-year-old works at the Institute for Neurological Sciences (INS) in Glasgow as a patient flow coordinator – helping to minimise stresses and worries for anyone who spends time in the INS either as a patient or a relative or visitor.When she heard the news of her nomination, she thought it was a festive wind up.“It was our Christmas night out on the day I heard and I thought someone was having a joke,” she said. “But when I realised they were being serious, I was just so touched and honoured.“To be thought of like this is so lovely – in fact I got quite emotional.”Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies.Available on both Android and Apple.

Download here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocialLinda has to deliver devastating news to patients on an almost daily basis – with 60 per cent of those arriving at INS being defined as emergencies and, in many cases, having suffered very serious injuries.“In emergency cases we are dealing with people who